High Wind, Eastern Gulf Coast
- When
- September 22, 8:15 PM AST to September 23, 5:10 AM AST
- Where
- Eastern Gulf Coast forecast zone
High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
A strong occlusion associated with the remnants of Typhoon David brought several hours of strong and gusty winds to the eastern Gulf of Alaska coast. The peak wind gust recorded at the Yakutat airport was 52 KT and a ship just offshore near Cape Suckling reported 55 to 70 KT winds.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A strong occlusion associated with the remnants of Typhoon David brought several hours of strong and gusty winds to the eastern Gulf of Alaska coast. The peak wind gust recorded at the Yakutat airport was 52 KT and a ship just offshore near Cape Suckling reported 55 to 70 KT winds.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, September 22 to 23, 1997
- Flooding in New Mexico, September 22 to 23, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, September 22, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 22, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Wyoming, September 22, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5610064.